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'''Dinos Iliopoulos''' was one of the greatest comedy actors [[Greece]] has ever produced.
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Iliopoulos was born in [[Alexandria]], Egypt in [[1915]]. His father had come to Egypt from [[Peloponnesus]] and was a businessman. After the crash of [[1929]], the Iliopoulos family left Egypt for Marseille, France where Dinos attended high school. Six years later, he left for [[Athens]] to continue his studies.
 
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Iliopoulos served his national service in the Greek Army and was discharged in [[1940]] however, as Greece became involved in [[World War II]] on [[October 28]] of that same year, no sooner was Iliopoulos discharged when he was pressed into military service again.
 
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After the war, Iliopoulos studied in the Royal Theatre's Drama School but failed his examinations. He was successful, later, in the private school of Yiannoulis Sarantidis. He acted in the theatre group of [[Marika Kotopouli]] with [[Mary Aroni]], [[Dimitris Myrat]] and others. In [[1954]], he would form a theatre group of his own with fellow comic, [[Mimis Fotopoulos]]. The two men would create the best comic duo ever seen in Greece.
 
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Dinos Iliopoulos would continue acting on stage and in the cinema well into the [[1980s]]. For his contribution to acting, he received the King George I Award.
 
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Iliopoulos also authored three books, two with humorous stories and his autobiography: "An Iliopoulos named Dinos". He died on [[June 4]], [[2001]].
 
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[[Category:1915 births|Iliopoulos, Dinos]]
 
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[[Category:2001 deaths|Iliopoulos, Dinos]]
 
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